Bernard: I'm So Scared

The common room's sofas and chairs were clearly not enough for the entire Hufflepuff house.

Therefore, based on the principle that if only a few people can have something, it's better if no one does, they were all transformed into small tables laden with food, so that all the Hufflepuffs had to stand for the entire meal.

But the badgers wiped their mouths and said it was nothing. They couldn't possibly eat everything at one table anyway; they needed to move back and forth between different tables.

And they ate even more standing up!

That night's dinner was a Hufflepuff house-wide carnival. Later, somehow, several professors seemed to have heard about it. Professor Sprout even mentioned it one day while Adam was helping it take care of the Venomous Tentacula.

"You did a great job. Food has a comforting power, and sweets make people happy, don't they?"

Professor Sprout gave Adam a box of assorted Honeydukes candies, and also asked Adam when he was planning to open his shop, saying it would like to visit sometime. It also wanted to try the pumpkin pies and sweets that so many Hufflepuffs were raving about.

Hearing what its Head of House said, Adam's mood was a bit strange at the time—

He inexplicably had the feeling that he was playing a management simulation game. Reputation reached, special customer get√?

Soon after, Adam discovered that this time, the special customer unlocked seemed to be more than just Professor Sprout.

"Adam, Cedric came to see you just now..."

Uther walked into the dormitory with some confusion, having brushed past Cedric.

"He came to help Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore place an order."

Adam's expression was also a bit complicated, but he quickly refocused on the chess game in front of him:

"Queen, take the bishop."

After this period of improvement, the chess pieces had enough confidence in Adam's current chess skills. The White Queen waved her scepter and smashed the Black Bishop to pieces.

"Chariot retreats."

Klon gave the order to the chess piece, looking curiously at Bernard, who had returned with Uther:

"Owl post? What did you buy?"

"Not bought, it's from my parents. I mentioned the troll to them in a letter before, and they sent me some things for self-defense."

Bernard opened the package, revealing the contents: two handguns, ten boxes of bullets, and five hand grenades.

Adam's eyes widened immediately when he saw it:

"My God, Bernard, does your family do this kind of business?"

"I told you my parents are lawyers, but they're very familiar with the people who sell this stuff. After all, sometimes there are some troublesome cases..."

Bernard, under Adam's complicated gaze, picked up a revolver and skillfully operated it, loading bullets.

"What's that?"

Klon wasn't in the mood to play chess anymore, and curiously looked at the thing in Bernard's hand, casually picking up the round thing from the package.

"Muggle weapons, probably similar to the Wizard's Killing Curse."

Bernard said casually, glanced at Klon, and reminded him:

"Don't move the pin on top, that's a white phosphorus grenade."

"What?!" x4

Klon and Uther looked at Bernard in horror at the same time, and even Eugene jumped down from the bed.

Adam, on the other hand, looked at Klon's hand in horror, and quickly and carefully snatched the white phosphorus grenade from Klon's hand.

Guns were one thing, but to get this kind of thing, just what kind of ruthless people did Bernard's parents know?

The dormitory was silent for a moment, and Bernard raised his head and looked at everyone in confusion:

"What's wrong?"

"Ahem, Bernard, your analogy isn't quite right. Although these weapons can be lethal, they're different from the Killing Curse..."

Adam saw everyone's reaction, thought about it, and understood where the problem was, but then he realized something was wrong:

"Speaking of which, how do you know about the Killing Curse?"

"I saw it in a book."

Bernard still didn't realize what the problem was.

"Book? What book would write about the Killing Curse?"

Uther looked at him suspiciously.

"Uh... a book in the library."

Bernard shifted his gaze guiltily.

"Which book in the library?"

Eugene asked, pressing the question.

"...Okay, I secretly went into the restricted section and saw it."

Bernard said, throwing caution to the wind.

"The restricted section? How did you get in?"

Klon's eyes lit up, and Uther nudged him with his elbow.

Wrong focus!

Klon thought for a moment and discovered another key point:

"How does Adam know the Killing Curse?!"

"Uh..."

"At first, Madam Pince wouldn't let me in, so I taught myself Alohomora and the Disillusionment Charm..."

Bernard also noticed that everyone's attitude was a bit subtle, so he told the truth.

"Hiss—"

Knowing the difficulty of those two spells, especially the Disillusionment Charm, Adam gasped. Wasn't Bernard's talent a little too much for Hufflepuff?

However, for safety's sake, Adam kindly reminded him:

"Bernard, there are many books in the Restricted Section with vicious curses. You must be careful."

As soon as he finished speaking, Adam noticed that the other three were looking at him strangely.

"It seems we should educate you two on the seriousness of the Unforgivable Curses. I don't want to wake up one day and find you're not in your dorm beds but already in Azkaban."

Uther's face was serious.

Eugene and Klon nodded in agreement:

"And the Restricted Section! How could you go to such a dangerous place!"

Adam, who hadn't even had a chance to do anything bad but was already being lectured, said, "No, wait, let me explain..."

After a round of education, Bernard touched his chin in realization:

"I see... I can understand why the Imperius Curse and the Cruciatus Curse are Unforgivable Curses, but why is the Killing Curse also an Unforgivable Curse? There should be many spells that can kill people, right?"

"There are indeed many spells that can kill people, but the Killing Curse can only kill people, and it requires a very firm, clear intention to kill someone to succeed."

After Adam finished speaking, he noticed that Uther and the others were looking at him even more strangely.

"No, I actually..."

Uther patted Adam on the shoulder before he could explain, and sighed:

"Get Egyptian citizenship. If you ever get locked up in Azkaban, I can have my dad try to extradite you to Egypt."

Adam was speechless. "Thanks, but I don't think I'll need it."

Like he said, there were too many spells that could kill people. In comparison, the Killing Curse wasn't even efficient enough.

"Don't all look at me, look at Bernard. I just have a lot of theoretical knowledge. His bag of tricks is much more likely to get you arrested, okay?"

Especially the white phosphorus grenades!

Adam gave his three roommates a lecture on white phosphorus grenades, and the three roommates looked at Bernard and then at Adam.

"Are you Muggles all this scary?"

"What does that have to do with me?"

Adam cried out innocently.

"My parents just wanted me to be safe at school."

Bernard was a little guilty at first, but then he straightened his back:

"The matter of the troll entering Hogwarts hasn't been fully investigated yet, right? What if we encounter danger again later? A handgun might not be able to harm a troll, but a white phosphorus grenade should!"

"I'm just a new student who encountered a troll invasion in my first semester at Hogwarts. I was terrified. Can't I have some means of self-defense?"

That's still a bit too much firepower!

Adam slapped Bernard on the back with a "smack":

"Bro, introduce me to your parents' friend!"